they must be eaters, I could pick one off the screen!

Thank-you Lizziebee yeah they do look good, hope they taste as good.

There's more than 8,000 known cultivars of apples, so it would be very difficult to be precise as they are continually being hybridised. If I was to make a guess, I would say it could be a Cox's Orange Pippin. Apart from it looking like one, the other reason is that they are the most common apple grown in the UK. It could also be a Ribston Pippin, which the Cox's Orange Pippin came from but not now as popular, or even one of the other named Pippins, but as I said, it could be any number of types.

Thank-you Myron how big are Cox's because these are really big Roy.

It depends on what you mean by big? Cox's are classed as a medium sized apple.

That's what they could be then Myron.

If they are dual purpose as your neighbour suggests then I wonder if they are Charles Ross or James Grieve? Both of them are similar in colour and size to yours.

Thank- you Owdboggy I've got 1 or 2 suggestions now I'll tell him and he can check them out thank Roy.

They look like my James Grieve, same colour and markings.They have a sweet soft flesh.

Thank-you Nanjo yes I think your right and as you've got them you can make the comparison with the photo, Roy.

They could indeed be a Charles Ross or James Grieve hybrid as both of them came from the Cox's Orange pippin which was the parent plant.

There are at least 75 hybrids of the Cox's alone, so you can understand how difficult it is to pinpoint the exact name for the type your neighbour has.

I think the nearest you can get is that it's almost certainly a Pippin, the balance of probability is that it's a Cox's Orange Pippin and there's a chance that it could be a Hybrid of this.

If the tree in question is a very old tree and you knew when it was planted you could narrow it down a bit by looking up when the hybrids were discovered and eliminating those that were created after your tree was planted. Apart from DNA testing you probably never will find out the exact cultivar so I would just go with the information you have and enjoy the apples :o)

Like you say Myron just enjoy, and I will.